Bath-fixture lug



W. J. WOOLLEY BATH FIXTURE LUG Filed July 1, 1929 March 11, 1930.

Patented Mar. 11, 1930 1,749,794

UNITED STATESA PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM J. WOOLLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BATH-FIXTURE LUG- Application led July 1, 1929. Serial No. 375,187.

This invention relates in general to imshowing the drain or waste valve operating provements in bath xture equipment, and device in the position for closing the drain has more particular reference to a combined valve. Y

flow and waste valve operating xture which For the purpose of illustrating the invenis adapted to support and to locate a drain tion, the drawings show a portion of a bath 55 or waste valve operating device in its cofixture equipment adapted for use in connecoperative relation with a drain valve. tion with a bathtub and an overhead shower A principal object of this invention is to (not shown) and having flow or supply pipe provide a simple bath fixture in which the fittings 5 which are usually concealed in a drain or waste valve operating device is adwall of the bathroom and which communicate 6o justably positionable in operative relation through suitable valves 21 with a combined with a drain valve. T and L-pipe 7 for supplyingr water to a An important object of the invention is to usual bathtub (not shown) through a comprovide a `flow valve operat-ing fixture with mon pipe fitting 5 shown depending from a a lug for mounting andrain valve operating `T-arm of the pipe 7 The pipe fittings 5 also 65 mechanism in a predetermined position. communicate through the valves 21 with up- Another important object of the invention standing pipes 22 which may communicate is the provision of an improved waste operthrough suitable valves and pipe fittings (not ating device for bath tubs. shown) with another bath outlet for supply- Another object of the invention is to proing water to a usual shower head (not shown) 70 vide a simple means for attaching a drain which may extend outfrom a wall of the valve operating device to a bath fixture and bathroom above the bathtub. The valves 21 for securing it thereto so that the drain or are controlled by suitable handles 14 on the waste valve operating device will be in operouter ends of valve stems 23 which, it will 25' able position with respect to the waste valve. be understood, extend outwardly from the 75 A further object of the invention is to provalves through a wall of the bathroom and vide a combined flow and waste valve operthrough suitable escutcheon rings 24 to proating fixture for bath fixture equipment with vide means for controlling the fiow of water a lug on a fitting for supporting the fittings to the bathtub (not shown).

V of the waste valve operating device back of A lug or arm 6, substantially rectangular 0.o a wall of a bathroom, the lug being a sub` in transverse section, is cast integrally with stitute for an extra plate. the combined T and L-pipe 7 and extends Numerous other objects and advantages of therefrom horizontally and inwardly to a the invention will be apparent as it is bet` point substantially midway between the hanter understood from the following descripdles 14, as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose 85 tion, which, taken in connection with the acof supporting and locating a drain or waste companying drawings, discloses a preferred valve operating device, generally designated embodiment thereof. y by the reference character 8, in co-operative Referring to the drawings: relation with a drain or waste valve, sche- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion matically shown at 25. To this end, a hori- 90 of a bath fixture equipment embodying the zontal aperture 6 is provided in the lug 6 principles of the'invent-ion; near its free end to receive a loose-fitting Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in secsleeve bearing 10 which is secured in the vtion, of a portion of the bath fixture equipaperture 6 by a set screw 11, as shown in ment shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 2 and 3. 95

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on A waste valve operating shaft 12 is jourthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2; naled in the bearing sleeve 1() and extends Fig. 4 is a section taken substantially on outwardly therefrom, through a wall of the the line4-4 of Fig. 3, and Y bathroom and an escutcheon ring 26, to a 0 Fig. 5 is a similar view to that of Fig. 4 suitable handle 13 mounted on the outer end 100 disk 15.

Vof the shaft 12, as shown in Fig. 1. handle 13 provides a means for rotating the shaft 12 in the sleeve 10 whereby-to'actuate the waste valve operating device 8. The shaft 12 extends inwardly beyond the inner end of the bearing sleeve 10 and has its inner end knurled, as at 12, to receive a thrust disk 15eccentrically mounted on the knurled portion 12 of the shaft 12 adjacent the inner end of the sleeve 10, the disk 15 thus being adapted to rotate with the shaft.l v y A head 19 is cast to provide a substantially rectangular cam yoke 27 at its upper end and an outwardly extending, horizontal arm 28 at its lower end. The yoke 27 is arranged between the eccentrically mounted disk 15 and a flange 16 of an outer disk 16 mounted on the knurled end 12 of the shaft 12 adjacent the The 'disk 16 is mounted to rotate with the shaft 12 and is held thereon by a screw 17 which passes through the end of a hub portion 29 and threads into the end of the shaft 12 as shown in vFig. 3. It will be understood that the waste valve 25 is suitably attached to a valve operating stem 9, which is externally threaded at its upper end 31 to engage in one of a plurality of internally threaded apertures 32, which are provided in the horizontal arm 28 of the head 19. The locked in the aperture 32 stem 9 is adjustably nut 33, as shown in Figs.

by means'of a lock 3 and 4.

The hub portion 29 of the disk 16 extends outwardly from the flange 16 eccentrically of the iiange and provides a seat for the upper side'of the yoke 27 between the disk 15 and the flange 16 when the waste valve 25 is closed, as shown in Fig. 5. An inwardly extending cam lug 18 is Cast on the inner face of the disk 16 in spaced relation with the hub portion 29 to provide the maximumV cam throw of the yoke 27 and is adapted to raise the cam lever from the closed position to the open position when the shaft 12 is rotated by the handle 13 as shown in Figs. 3 andt. The cam lug 18 is substantially rectangular in section, extending cord-like, nearly across a portion of the vdisk 16 near its periphery. The ends of the lug 18 are substantially semi-circular to co-operate with the arcuate corners of the camyoke 27 in raising or lowering the lever 19`to operate the waste valve 25.

The apertures 32V in the arm'28 of the cam lever 19 provide alternate positions for the valve operatingstem 9 and provide adjustments assuring a mounting for thev stem 9 which is in operative relation with'the/waste valve 25. It will be understood that the lug or arm 6 is cast on the pipe fitting 7 in such a way that the waste valve operating device 8 is automatically located in the propervertical registration with the waste valve -`of the tube. Thus,

the Vdrain valve operating device will be obthe necessity of providing the heretofore usual separate mounting-plate for viated and there will be no such separate plate secured in the wall of the bathroom, thereby eliminating the extra work, expense and trouble in mounting the plate so that the drain or waste valve operating device and the drain valve would be in correct operative relation with each other.

1t is thought that the invention and Vmany of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described beingmerely a preferred embodiment thereof.V Y

I claim:

1. A bathfixture, comprising a flow valve' operating device having an arm formed integrally therewith, and aI waste valve operating Idevice adapted to be supported by said arm.

2. A bath fixture, comprisingaiiow valve operating device having yan arm'formed integrally therewith, and a waste valve oper-1 ating device adapted to be supported by said arm, said arm being formed to locate said waste valve operating device in operative relation with the waste valve.

3. A bath fixture arrangeable inthe wall of a bathroom; comprising a flow valve operating device having an arm projecting therefrom, a shaft rotatably mounted in an end of said arm, a cam .lever supported at an end of said sha-ft, and a waste valve operating stem adjustably supported by said cani lever. n

4:. AA bath fixture arrangeable in the wall of a bathroom, comprising aiow valve operating device having an arm projecting therefrom, a rshaft rotatably mounted in an end of 5. A bath fixture arrangeable in a wall of a bathroom, comprising a pipe fitting having lan arm formed integrally therewith, a shaft rotatably. mounted in an end of said arm, a disk eccentrically mounted-near anend of said -shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, a cammounted on an lend of said shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, said cam having a hub portion and a cam lug adjacent said valve operating arm at one end, said yoke being positioned between said disk and said cam and engageable by said hub portion and said cam lug to provide valve operating movement for said operating arm.

a bathroom, comprising a pipe fitting havsof,

disk, and a cam yoke having a- *Y ianv ing an arm formed integrally therewith, a shaft rotatably mounted in an end of said arm, a disk eccentrically mounted near an end of said shaft and Vadapted to rotate therewith, a cam mounted on an end of said shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, said cam having a hub portion yand a cam lug adjacent said disk, an adjustable valve operating stem, and a cam yoke having a valve operating arm at one end, said yoke being engageable by said hub portion and said cam lug between said disk and said cam, and said arm having a plurality of apertures for adjustably locating said stem .in operative relation with the valve.

7. A bath fixture arrangeable in a wall of a bathroom, comprising a rotatable shaft, a disk eccentrieally mounted near an end of said shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, a cam mounted on an end of said shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, said cam having a hub portion and a cam lug adjacent said disk, and a cam yoke having a valve operating arm at one end, said yoke being positioned between said disk and said cam and engageable by said hub portion and said cam lug to provide valve operating movement for said operating arm.

8. A bath fixture arrangeable in a wall of a bathroom, comprising a rotatable shaft, a disk eecentrically mounted near an end of said shaft and adapted to rotate there with, a cam mounted on an end of said shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, said cam having a hub portion and a cam lug adjacent said disk, an adjustable valve operating stem, and a cam yoke having a valve operatingarm at one end, said yoke being engageable by said hub portion and said cam lug between said disk and said cam, and said arm having a plurality of apertures for adjustably locating said stem in operative relation with the valve.

WM. J. WOOLLEY. 

